Delaware Senior Medicare Patrol reports phone, mail scam

The Delaware Senior Medicare Patrol program has received several reports from across the state of apparent telephone and mail scams.

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Posted Dec. 20, 2012 at 11:48 AM
Updated Dec 20, 2012 at 4:49 PM

By Staff Reports

Posted Dec. 20, 2012 at 11:48 AM
Updated Dec 20, 2012 at 4:49 PM

New Castle, Del.

The Delaware Senior Medicare Patrol program has received several reports from across the state of apparent telephone and mail scams.

The program is saying callers are trying to obtain personal information from Medicare beneficiaries by trying to update or renew Medicare cards. The calls, coming from different areas, may ask for a person’s Medicare number, Social Security number or monthly income, and some have asked for bank routing numbers.

Medicare recipients are advised not to give out personal information over the phone. Medicare officials do not call for such information because they already have it on file. For more information, call (800) 223-9074.